HUMPHREY CHIKA EMMANUEL vs. WALTER DEKU [2019]DLHC6832

Date	2019-05-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO: GJ/1054/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC6832

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO

MR. ABDUL AZIZ MOHAMMED FOR THE PLAINTIFF

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC6832
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HUMPHREY CHIKA EMMANUEL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>WALTER DEKU<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO: GJ/1054/2018 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 30TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>MR. ABDUL AZIZ MOHAMMED
FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
REPRESENTATION FOR THE DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO<o:p></o:p>

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</div><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Introduction:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Plaintiff, Humphrey Chika Emmanuel, is a
businessman and a tenant of the Defendant Walter Deku who is the owner of property,
known and called No. 19 Konkonte Street located at Kokomlemle in Accra. The
Plaintiff contends that he has rented a shop in the frontage of the house and
an office space in the main building for over five years. According to him the
Defendant in February 2017 offered the entire property to him for a lease
because of a threat by the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) to him to
renovate the house or have it sealed by the AMA. The Plaintiff says he accepted
the offer and a leasehold agreement was executed between them for a term of
fifteen years. The Plaintiff further contends that he thereafter started the
renovation of the house but same is stalled because to his utter surprise
contrary to the assurance given to him by the Defendant the tenants in the
house refused to vacate the premises because the Defendant has renewed the
tenancies of some of them and also given fresh tenancies to others. <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[2]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The issues for my
resolution in this case are: whether the Defendant signed the leasehold
agreement and if yes whether or not the Defendant granted to the Plaintiff
vacant possession and if not whether the Plaintiff is entitled to the reliefs
endorsed on the writ of summons.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">[3]<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having failed to grant him
vacant possession and/or pay back the money received for the property the
Plaintiff says commenced this action for:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA">“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration that the Defendant has breached the agreement
reached on the 15th March 2017 between him and the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of specific damages of GH¢3,100.00<o:p></o:p>